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the silo. The hay crop was low in quantity but of good quality. 

 Fodder corn cut and fed green is the principal forage crop and this 

 is showing the effect of want of rain. Apples promise a large crop, 

 no pears, peaches or quinces, grapes and cranberries promise an 

 average crop. Pastures are dry and short of feed. Rye, oats and 

 barley are rather above average crops. 



Westford (Arthur Wright). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Corn promises to be about half a crop. The hay crop 

 was a little heavier than last year but hardly an average with 

 other years. Corn and oats are the principal forage crops raised. 

 Market-garden crops are generally in good condition. Apples are 

 looking well, pears, peaches and quinces scarce. Pasturage is in 

 very fair condition. Rye, oats and barley are about the same as 

 last year. Army worms are reported in Groton but none have 

 been seen here. 



Lowell (C. L. Marshall) . — Cut worms are doing some damage. 

 Corn is in prime condition and a large proportion will be put into 

 the silo, as hay is a short crop. The hay crop is rather under aver- 

 age in quantity but of good quality. Corn, Hungarian grass and 

 oats are the principal forage crops raised. Market-garden crops 

 are in good condition and the yield is fair ; prices below former 

 years. Apples are very abundant, pears and grapes good, no 

 peaches and quinces. Pasturage is in very good condition. Early 

 sown rye and oats did poorly, but those sown later have made fine 

 and large crops. 



Concord (Wm. H. Hunt). — Indian corn is growing well. On 

 good grass land that has been well cared for the hay crop is good, 

 elsewhere it is light. Oats, peas and oats, millet, Hungarian grass, 

 barley, turnips and cabbage are all used to supplement the hay 

 crop. Potatoes are not dug yet but are looking well. Apples will 

 be a good crop where the canker worm did not work ; pears are a 

 very light crop, no peaches, quinces blossomed and set well but 

 have been struck by a blight, grapes a full crop and cranberries 

 average. Pasturage is now in fair condition. Rye, oats and bar- 

 ley are about average crops. 



Wobitrn (W. H. Bartlett). — Potato bugs, squash bugs and 

 cut worms are doing some damage. Hay has been about an aver- 

 age crop in quantity and quality. Hungarian grass, oats and 

 fodder corn are grown as forage crops and are looking very well. 

 Full crop of apples, no pears or peaches and few quinces. Past- 

 ures are short of feed at present. Rye and oats are good crops. 

 Squashes look well but are a little late. Prices for market -garden 

 truck have been as good as other years. Prices vary but little 

 from year to year. Up till the last of July or the first of August 



